French translation of the Flow State Scale-2: Factor structure, cross-cultural invariance, and associations with goal attainment

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 897-916

  Fournier, Jean ^a   Gaudreau, Patrick ^b   Demontrond Behr, Pascale ^a   Visioli, Jérome ^c   Forest, Jacques ^d   Jackson, Sue ^e  

^a Institut National du Sport et de l'Education Physique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural validity; Factor analysis; Flow state; Goal attainment; Performance; Positive psychology; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548312361     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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